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4162
Suggest taking a good look at a Current Caterham chassis.. it's educational :-) Front section: is heavily cross braced/triangulated, top to bottom & front to...
bare2510
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Jun 1, 2003
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4163
Hi all. Does anyone know who's kit this is (the orange car)? Thanks! Chris Link: http://users.bigpond.com/demackie/images/prb87_01.JPG...
Chris Cardinal
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Jun 2, 2003
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4164
Look's like a C******m R500.... Cheers Andre [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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celicagt_1981
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Jun 2, 2003
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... Chris, That's a PRB Clubman, manufactured by PRB Australia (http://www.prbaustralia.com.au/). Dominic Brisbane, Australia...
Dominic Peterson
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Jun 2, 2003
11:07 pm
4166
Hi all, This PRB is a Birkin S3. As I understand, PRB's base model is the Birkin, and the more expensive models are their own. More pictures of Dave Mackie's...
Bernie Long
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Jun 3, 2003
2:50 am
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... Bernie, Dave Mackie isn't on this list but someone mentioned that his old car was being discussed here on another list and he passed on the following: ...
Dominic Peterson
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Jun 3, 2003
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4168
Dominic, Oops. Thanks for setting me straight! And apologies to the PRB owners out there... Regards, Bernie...
Bernie Long
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Jun 3, 2003
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4169
Everyone, thank you very much for your help! Chris...
Christopher Cardinal
bayberryhill
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Jun 3, 2003
10:44 pm
4170
Is this true? http://www.theaircar.com/howitworks.html -Jim...
Jim Pantas (whr)
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Jun 4, 2003
4:54 pm
4171
Er, dunno, but a bit of a think on the principle makes me think it could work. After all, my air compressor get very hot when compressing, and injecting cold...
James Hughes
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Jun 4, 2003
5:10 pm
4172
Looks total BS to me.....couldn't see any fuel or other energy source... Looks like..... work out- nothing in.......perpetual motion.....not possible Or am I...
Alan
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Jun 4, 2003
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OK re-read it....seems it uses compressed air in a tank.... Still very skeptical.... Alan B ... From: "Alan" <abdesdes@...> To:...
Alan
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Jun 4, 2003
5:35 pm
4174
It helps to know spanish. Their native language site actually has very in-depth technical articles including the patent documents. ...
Steve Graber
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Jun 4, 2003
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I'm afraid I'm a skeptic as well. Too many assumptions and misconceptions. If you compress a gas then it gets hot. 400c is what they quote. By injecting more...
spyderman_uk
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Jun 5, 2003
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4176
Does anyone know of any interesting spaceframe sites ?pictures,stress analasis ,whatever....
johninbyron
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Jun 5, 2003
12:42 am
4177
I have no doubt it would work, BUT you would have to keep on refilling the high pressure air tank stored under the floor which wold make it no more than a...
Brian Richard Davis
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Jun 5, 2003
12:04 pm
4178
About every 300km according to the specs. Which puts it on a par with electric vehicles I guess. James ... From: Brian Richard Davis...
James Hughes
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Jun 5, 2003
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... pictures,stress ... Johninbyron, try these:- Erwin Dekker has designed his own car, very impressive! http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/7630/index.html Mc...
cymtriks
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Jun 6, 2003
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... list ... which ... per ... rough ... ftlbs ... I would be interested in receiving an e-mail with your results. thanks, Dan...
daneisele
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Jun 6, 2003
5:38 pm
4181
This guy has done a lot of mods to the Ultima spaceframe to improve stiffness. Makes good reading. http://www.ultimav12.ca...
stockley0883
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Jun 6, 2003
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4182
Holy Smokes! Some people seem to have just a little bit too much money for their own good... 160 hours designing and building custom wheels after the ones that...
Steve Graber
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Jun 6, 2003
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4183
Do I read it right that he got the BMW V-12 for $500? I see that the site is based in Canada.... CA$500??? Maybe the black box costs $5000... Tony ... From:...
Toni Cortez
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Jun 7, 2003
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Averu interesting link from the "spaceframes" thread http://www.ultimav12.ca/ He's right as well. The Ultima with roof 3300 and without probably 2000 (approx)....
cymtriks
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Jun 7, 2003
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Cymtriks wrote: (snipped) ... I seen this a lot with the Ultima. A nice car, I like it a lot, but it's followers will have you executed if you utter a word of...
Alan
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Jun 7, 2003
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4186
I might have missed an earlier post in my search of the archives, but can anyone make a recommendation for a good US based source for the nose cone and...
Chris Cardinal
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Jun 8, 2003
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4187
Chris, Only one I know of would be: http://www.championmotorcars.com/ Paul Herder Stalker V6 #12 http://www.stalkerv6.com...
P.Herder
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Jun 8, 2003
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4188
My god, you mean the book Locost frame is no more rigid than let's say the average hot rod crossed braced ladder frame? BTW, 14 gauge is what thickness in...
stephen chan
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Jun 8, 2003
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4189
... Ohhh what a loverly v12 :)...
Glenn
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Jun 8, 2003
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4190
Stephen, 14 gauge equals .0747". Esko ... From: stephen chan [mailto:schan_ca@...] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 3:07 AM To:...
eskoa
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Jun 8, 2003
11:16 am
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Johninbyron, There is another 3D drawing of a Super Seven space frame that I placed on my web site yesterday (which I got from Cork): ...
Peter Ogden
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Jun 9, 2003
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